They advanced through the next floors with simple ease. Ankerita leading them, they had not much resistance. It felt very odd to them that they were moving through the floors easily. It wasn't like they passed through; they did fight, but it wasn't very hard. They were like regular fights without the need to put much thought into them. The commander or the soldiers were defeated with a straight-on fight.
Jake didn't need to use his strength as the others handled the work. He stayed behind the line, observing and taking note of everything.
What struck him as odd was how easily they were progressing through the floors. A structure like this shouldn't have been this accommodating.
The feeling lingered in the back of his mind.
So he waited. Experience had taught him that when something felt wrong, it usually was.
And when they reached the final floor, what they saw was nothing.
